Articles related to "Standardbreds"



Standardbreds As Pleasure Mounts
While no single breed of horse automatically makes a great pleasure mount, one uniquely American breed often makes a better "Joe Horse" than any other: the Standardbred.
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Down Under Differences in Standardbreds
Harness racing in Australia has some key differences from racing in North America, including training regimes, and stabling.
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Amateur Women Drive For Fun
Why do more women choose to participate in harness racing as amateur drivers as opposed to professional drivers? The reasons may surprise you!
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Blood Gas Rules Introduce Stiffer Penalties for Offenders
Stiffer penalties will soon be introduced for those trainers violating blood-gas levels in harness horses at Illinois racing venues.
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High Priced Yearlings of 2001
In North America 84 yearlings (now two-year-olds in 2002) were sold for $100,000 or higher at yearlings sales throughout the United States and Canada last fall (2001).
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Lyons Boys Roar with Rosedale Mascot
The brothers Lyons realized a dream when their Rosedale Mascot captured a major event during Illinois' Super Night festivities.
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Ryan Anderson Pilots Michael's Western to Maywood Park Track Record
23-year-old Ryan Anderson steered the pacer Michael's Western to a new track record clocking of 1:51 at Maywood Park, the fastest mile ever in the 58-year history of Chicago's in-town half-miler.
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The Bowed Tendon: A Trainer's Nightmare
A bowed tendon, its causes and treatements. Explination of tendons and tissue fibers and how specific treatments can help to heal a bowed tendon.
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The Equine Gastric Ulcer
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS), its causes, symptoms, and treatments, and the development of Gastrogard, the only FDA-approved treatment for the equine gastric ulcer.
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The History of the Racing Sulkies
The history and development of the racing sulky in the United States.
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The Name Game: Musically-named Standardbred Race Horses
A medley of Standardbred sires and dams, and how music is incorporated into the naming of foals, and generations of race horses.
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Tony Alagna, A Bright Star on the Illinois Horizon
Tony Alagna, who conditions race horses for the Walker Standardbreds of Sherman, Illinois, is an up and coming horsemen who shares his thoughts and ideas on harness racing in the Prairie State.
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Update on the Illinois Breeding Scene
Illinois Breeders Dr. Ken Walker and Terry Hunt discuss the state of the Standardbred breeding industry in the Prairie State in 2005.
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What is Lasix & Why do some Standardbreds need it?
The history and a brief description of the medication Lasix, and why some Standardbred require it in order to race.
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More Standardbred (Horse) Terms
The more terms one knows within a subject, the better he can understand the whole. Try these general horse and Standardbred meanings of gait, birthdays, and more.
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Common Back Problems in the Standarbred Race Horse
Problems which plague Standardbred races horses, and the various forms of therapy used by vets and trainers to combat these problems, including magnetic therapy and acupuncture.
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What Is Harness Racing All About?
A brief overview of the sport of harness racing
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Dewey and Somebeachsomewhere Top Harness Season
The two colts with the long names that invoke the need for nicknames, Deweycheatumnhowe and Somebeachsomewhere, lead trotters and pacers in wins and earnings.
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Mohawk Raceway Gets Second Summer
Mohawk Raceway will host the Pepsi North America Cup for Standardbred racing for the second straight season. Somebeachsomewhere leads the field of 92 nominees.
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Muscle Hill Leads 2009 Money Winning Trotters
Muscle Hill's Hambletonian margin of victory surpassed that of 1968's Nevele Pride. He leads trotters in season earnings at $1.3 million since his World Trotting Derby.
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Somebeach and Dewey Legends in Their Time
It isn't often in any sport that great talents emerge to legendary status in their own time. Harness racing fans were treated to 2007 and 2008 races of SBSW and Dewey.
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Western Hanover Sons Dominated Little Brown Jug
Western Hanover topped 2008 as the year's leading money-earning pacing sire, and he's got a lock on 2009, as well. His boys Well Said and If I Can Dream won in the Jug.
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Break Forced 2008 Jugette Race-off
Good News Lady brought good news to Sprig Hanover in the 2008 Jugette when she broke stride in the second elimination heat. What does breaking stride mean to a race?
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Get Wauseon Labor Day Race Results
Must Be The Bunny broke his maiden in the first race on Labor Day at the Fulton County Fair, Wauseon, Ohio. Blue Matt Lad took the eighth race.
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The 2005 Illinois Breeding Scene
Two of Illinois' top breeders discuss the current situation of racing and breeding in the Prairie State.
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Dreaming of Anna Gets 8th Turf Win
While Ginger Punch rules the older set, Dreaming of Anna is dominating 4-year-old ladies on turf, and nearing $2 million in earnings. The Mint Julep was her 8th turf win.
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Memories of Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm's winning ways are only memories, but it remains a beautiful place to see in Lexington.
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Racing Bridles Play an Important Role
A description of the four basic types of bridles used by Standardbred race horse trainers, their uses and styles.
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April News Highlights
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Fancy Pedigrees Come to the Henry County Fair
Albatross, Precious Bunny, and Cam's Card Shark raced at this year's Henry County Fair via their offspring, who represented these great racers and revered stallions.
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Labor Day Harness Racing At Fulton County Fair
Snow Storm Sam dominated the 5th race on Labor Day at the 151st Edition of the Fulton County Fair, Ohio, while 14-year-old Presidential Pride held on in the 6th event.
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Racing With Quarter Cracks
Experts who cared for Big Brown credit the colt's trainer for removing him from training long enough to permit quarter cracks to heal, and adding glue-on cushion shoes.
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Records of Fulton County Fair Harness Entrants
Presidential Pride's lifetime earnings of over $72,000 in 185 starts led the harness trotters and pacers who entered the Fulton County Fair at Wauseon, Ohio on Labor Day.
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Tetrick Adds to Leading Money With Kadealia
Approaching $20 million in earnings, Standardbred driver Tim Tetrick scored with Kadealia in the $500,000 Breeders Crown. Kadealia was a 75-1 underdog who paid $152.00.
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Walnut Hall--A Vision of Success
Walnut Hall is the breeder of two of 2002's standouts—the top freshman trotter Broadway Hall and the standout sophomore filly trotter Cameron Hall.
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Well Said Wins Little Brown Jug in Two Heats
In a dandy second heat of Western Hanover colts, NA Cup and Meadowlands Pace victor Well Said and If I Can Dream battled home from the last turn in the Little Brown Jug.
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What are Pacing Hobbles & How are they Used?
A description of pacing hobbles, their history, and how they are used on today's Standardbred race horse.

When In Doubt, Blame The Driver
There's a lot more to harness racing when it comes to gambling than just betting on the driver. The horse and the trainer also play an intricate role in the racing process.
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Showherthemoney Wins the Jugette
Standardbred pacer Showherthemoney straightened out her erratic gait and became the first daughter of a previous champion to win Delaware, Ohio's prestigious Jugette.
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Star Trotters of the Palo Alto Farm, 1881-1895
The Palo Alto Stock Farm consistently produced trotting horses that lowered records.
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The Horse Paintings of Edward Troye
From 1832 to 1872, Troye made portraits of some of America's most famous racing horses,some standardbreds but most thoroughbreds.
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Top Pacing Mare Retires
Giggles The Clown, one of Illinois' top pacing mares in the Invitational and Open ranks, will retire this month with performances at both Balmoral and Maywood Parks.
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Treating Race Horse Injuries: Part One, Heat & Hot Applications
The author discusses various types of heat therapy used on common Standardbred race horse injuries. Ultrasound, hot towel therapy and magnetic therapy are examined.
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Canadian Horse Descends From True Equine Royalty
Pulling plows, carrying soldiers into battle and competing at the Spruce Meadows Battle of the Breeds, the Canadian Horse has done just about everything a horse can do.
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Colonial Downs Season
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Dean Magee Scores Win 3,000
Dean Magee, a top Chiago driver, recently scored his 3,000 victory at age 37, and discusses driving strategies, horses, and his future.
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Justin Morgan had a Horse
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Traveling The Globe With Moni Maker
Traveling with the world's richest Standardbred, Moni Maker, required carefull planning and attention to detail. This article focuses on Roman Kogalin, Moni Maker's caretaker throughout her brilliant career, and what it was like to race overseas.
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